Hawaii Astronomy

The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) is a 3.0 inch telescope optimized for infrared observations, which is located at the summit of Mauna Kea. This observatory is funded by NASA and being operated by the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy. The instruments are provided by the NSF. The observing time for the IRTF is open to all astronomical community, at which 50% of the IRTF observing time is dedicated to the studies of the solar system objects. Observing time is done twice per year for the Feb. - July and Aug. - Jan. time periods